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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
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TO.DAY,s TELEGRAPMHC NEWS
Cold Weather.

KANSAS CITY, D.o % -Adyices from
various points 10 the S ate are to the e1'
feet that the present cola snap ia limited to
zero temperature and high winds in the
Central and eastern p,riirus Of the State;
Fron the extern y. 7tern section, however,
coms reports Of heavy snow and delay to
railway traffic. Following is late dispatch
from Garden City, situated about 90 miles
east of the Colorado line: "At one o'clock
this morning blizzard struck this section
and it rapidly descended from 80 degrees
above TO below zero. At in the morning
it was blowing gale, accompanied by a
binding show. AT s q. ID. it Commence
TO moderate, and the Thermometer had
raised 10 20 at noon at midnight it stands
9 degrees above with clear sky and calm.
Railroad travel from the west has been
closed since last night. but trains from the
east come through about Oh time.
CHICAGO, Dec 2S-The cold wave which
came down from the northwest yesterday
still hovers over Chicago, and the prospects
are that the mercury will drop still low-r
At six g. II. the Signal Service thertnome
ter registered one degree above AT 10
O'Clock reliable spirit instruments at opti-
clans stores marked three above. AT the
hour mentioned the Signal Service officer
had not received single report from the
west or northwest, and this was regarded as
an Indication that the weather must be very
severe.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-The tenn
perature this morning is II below zero
Clear and little wind. The storm of yester'
day does not appear to have touched north
ern Minnesota or Dakota. Very little snow
fell here yesterday. Telegraphc communi-
cation in tho northwest is uninterrupted
and no blockades are reported except slight
ones in the southern part Of the State.
Duluth reports the coolest weather Of the
season, 25 degrees below. Brainerd reports
50 degrees below yesterday. Indications
are that the cold will moderate tonight
OSHKOSH, Wis, Doc. 2S.-There has been
drop of more than 90 degrees in the
temperature. AT daylight thu thermometer
was below zero.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
ALEX ANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER %.

ACCORDING TO prominent democratic
politician from this State, in Washington
Yesterday, as stated in the GAzETTE's Wash
ington correspondence of that date, the
adoption of the resolution for the repeal OF
the internal revenue system, By the State
democratic convention of Virginia at Roam
oxe last summer, was the result of mis-
take, the inteGNon of the convention hav-
ing been simply to recommend the repeal OF
The tax on raw tobacco and fruit liquor 1t
has long been known that Senator elect
Barbour had nothing to do with the prepare
ton ofthe Roanoke platform and never saw
il until after it was adopted. Why the
democratic members of the Virginia legis!a'
ture should have deemed it necessary to
Join their republican colleagues in eudors'
ing that remarkable platform, thereby set
ting the Presidents recent message-one OF
his few manifestations of true blue democ-
racy-at open defiance, is what democrats
who think twice before they speak once
find it hard to tell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
No Mans Land.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-According to special
dispatches to the Daily Neacs new scheme
hasjust developed IN regard to the title of
No Mans Land. A telegram last night
from Talequah ssys that the National
Council has appointed a committee to press
the claim Of the Chsrokees to that part of
the Indian Territory on the attention of CoE-
gress. The claim is based on the treaties
of 1928 and $780,. and the patent of 1929
signed by President Van Buren,. 1t is al
legged that the title has never lapsed and
that i. is as Gear as that which holds the
Territory around Talequah.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

In roasting meat have the pan hot when
you put the meat in. 1fit ia beef put in the
hot pan and let it stand moment and then
turn 1t over, thus soaring both sides and pre-
venting the juice from running so quickly.
Do not put the salt and pepper on the meat,
then haste the meat every three or four min
utes. You will find the n eat to be thorough
ly seasoned and will be much more juicy and
tender than by the old way of rubbing the
meat draws the juice out and toughens it,
Roast fowls in the same way also fish; not
putting any butter or grease near them until
almost done; then rub little butter over
them to give little crisp outside.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

The North American Rerie,c for January has been
received from its publishers in New York. Its
contents are: Two Messages by A Republican
John Bull Abroad, by Max o'Reli An Unpub-
lished Constitutional Crime, By LIE Lancy Nicoll ;
Another Letter to DR.. Field, by Robert g. Inger-
soil Recent Movements in Wall Street, by Cuth-
bert Mills Prisoner Among the Indians, by Gail
Hamilton Anglo-Amercan Copyright, by B.
Pearsall Smith; Comments by W. E. Gladstone
Oliver Wendell Holmes Julian Hawthorne, W.
Howels, George P. Lathrop, John Bigelow, c. E.
Norton Daniel c. Gilman, John G. Whittier.
Charles Dudley Warner, Edward Eggleston, R. W
Glider, Robert Ellis Thompson, Lloyd Bryce, aud
Moncure D. Conway; An Outlying Province. by
Thomas B. Reed; Napoleon's Signatures, by Allen
Thorndike Rics; A Reply to Lloyd Bryce, by
Herman Kuehn; Catholics Want Public Schools,
by F. E. McGurrin; The Field.Ingersoll Core
epondence, by Henry w Hazen; The Disease of
Inebriety, by DR.. E. c. Maun Col In arsoll and
Christianity, by Stillmau Forcythe; s.ate-Aided
Theatres, by Henry Irving; Shelley's Morality,
by a. n. Gsnnett, and Book Reviews and Notices
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Pacific RAILWAY company.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2S.-The Pacific
Railway Company filed articles of incorpor-
alton with the Secretary Of State yesterday.
The capital stock is Sc. 600O The pro-
posed railway begins a: point on the south
line cf Hall county and runs in northwest
erly direction to the west line Of Nebraska,
with the right to construct branch lines to
other places within the limits OF the State.
The road is b ,l;eved to he an extension OF
the Hastings branch of the Missouri Pac ic.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

SECRETARY BAYARD says that when II
comes to pass that party service must be re
warded with office, the failure Of free institu-
tons will be demonstrated. The Whining
ton Messenger says: He who works for the
party deserves we'll of the party. and, in the
case of Hon. John S. Barbour, the new SEN
ator from Virginia, it may be safely said
that he had claim upon his party which 1t
would have been unjust in them to have re-
jected" Most wise democrats agree with
the editor referred to, rather than with the
Secretary. Another thing if the President
appointed MIR. Bayard Secretary of State for
any other reason than as reward Tor party
service, he acted very unadvisedly,t to say the
least.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Reports Denied.

KANSAS CITY, No., Dec. 2S.--Mr Jas. A.
Blair, manager OF the Blair System of Rail-
roads, gave mphatical denial TO the reports
of suffsrings and priva ions In Kansas. He
said: II am largely interested in business
in Clark, Comanche, Meade, Hodgeman
and other counties of S,uth western Kansas,
and am in receipt of advices from large
number of my correspondents. Not a single
one has said anything about suffering from
cold or snow. Mr. B. F. Smith, cashier of the
First National Bank of Coldwater, who was
in the city yesterday, said the farmers Of his
neighborhood were inclined to be thankful
for the snowfall, irasmuch as it would pre-
tect the grain from frost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexs. GAZETTE
WARRINGTON, D. c., Dec. %. 1887.

lspecial Correspondence of the Alexs. GAZETTE
WARRINGTON. D. O.. Dec. %. 1887.
E Senator Sherman, VITO il here, doesn't
hesitate to say to all e1quirers that ne IN :.
tends to vote against the confirmation OF
Secretary Lamar as Associate Justice of the
q. s. Supreme Court. Other republican
Senators, among them Mr.. Quay, of Penn
sylyania, ere equally as outspoken, and to
the same effect. The fact that this ID 80 10
the cause of good deal of adverse comment
here, in view of the other fact that the Sem
ators referred 10 have 10 sit as jury in Mr..
Lamars case.
The Presidential party who attended the
funeral of ex-Secretary Manning returned
early this morning, apparently none the
worse for their trip. The flag at the White
House Yesterday was flying at half mast, IN
respect of the memory of Mr.. Mannlng-an
unusual thing, that flag previously never
having been so flown except alta Presidents
or ex Presidents death.
Itisfaid The Presidents gift of q handsome
ly bound copy of the Constitution to the
Pore. on the occasion of the fftieth anniVer'
sary of the latter's entrance into the priest
hood, was suggested by the Pope's admira-
ton of that Instrument expressed to Cardl'
nal Gibbons.
The Teachers Association CT Brooklyn, TO
the number of three hundred, about half OF
whom are at the Metropolitan Hotel, ar
rived here last evening. and ever since have
been busiy engaged 10 sightseeing Atone
o'clock to day they called at the White
House, where the President accorded them
reception.
II is said here that some of the republican
members of the Virginia legislature hnd
fault with the action of that body in ousting
one of their members, Mr.. Scott, from his
seat, on the ground OF his being unnatural
lied. Under the Territorial laws n mere
declaration of an intention to become nat
uraIized entities man to vote. And 1t wae
under these laws that Mr.. Scott, British
subject, voted in Territory but when be
went 10 Virginia he became subject to the
laws of that State.
Mr.. Douglass Corse, formerly of Alexan'
dria, who for some years past has held o
81. 400 position on the Senate side of the
Capitol, has been informed that his services
are no longer required.
1t is rumored that Commissioner Atkins, of the
Indian Bureau, thinks that place not big e:ough
for him, and is contemplating resignation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Died in fle Aims House.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. % M. D. Babcock,
inventor of The fire extinguishing apparatus
bearing his name, died at the aims house
Saturday, aged 70 years AT ono time he
was in receipt of ten thousand dollars q
month royalty on bis machines, but after
selling the patent rights his money was soon
spent and for some years he wandered about
the Stale in destitute condition. About
six years ago he was admitted to the aims
house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Kansas Prohibifionisfs.

TOPEKA. Kan, Dec 2S.-The State con
vsution of the prohibitionist party held in
this city yesterday was attended by prohibit
tionists from all parts of the State. 1t was
decided to begia vigorous campaign dur
ing the coming year and to put a full State
ticket in the field. The principal addresses
were made by ex Governor St. John and
Mrs. Hoffman, president Of the Missouri
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Unfounded Ieumors.

NEW YORK, Dec ga rumor was circu-
lated around the Stock Exchange to day to
the effect that Emperor William was dead
Cable dispatches make no mention of such
an occurrence. A heavy failure in st. Pc
tersburg wa9 also reported, which is not YER
flied. Both rumors were doubtless started
for the purpose of affecting the market.
Berlin dispatches received by German
bankers deny that Emperor William is dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Froze to Death.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 2S.-An old
man, named Daniel Siillwell, of South Pitts.
burg, Tenn, froze to death last night in o
field near his home. He wssreturning from
a business trip when darkness set 10 and q
binding STOW storm followed during which
he became bswildered lost his path aud
persisted. 1t is tho first case Of freezing to
death that has been known in east Tonnes
SEQ for many years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

TIE UTTER humbuggery of the civil ser
vice law has beea demonstrated 80 often
and so thoroughly that more proof to estab'
lish that already patent fact is useless but,
if any more were required, it would be af
forded by the recent letter of the police
commissioners of New York to the civil ser
vice board, in which they say 1.-The percent
age of dismissals, and designations under
charges. of members of the force appointed
subsequent to August %. 1884. when the
civil service law went into effect, is consid-
erably higher than the percentage among
men appointed previous 10 that date"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

FUNDING Up to this time nearly half
million dollars worth of State securities
have been funded at The Office Of the second
auditor in Richmond. They embrace 10 30
coupon bonds and tax receivable coupons
maturing after January, 1888 The latter
cent cablegrams from England announce
that some of the holders of Virginia bonds
there are anxious TO fund under the Riddle
berger bill, but these bonds will not be
funded before January l, as they have not
been listed. This being the case, the hold
ers will lose the January interest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
The r. II. Il. andifs Employees.

PrrrsBURG, Dec. 2S.-General Manager
McCrea and other officials of the Pennsyl.
yania Company deny ell knowledge of the
trouble among their employees reported in
dispatches from Cleveland. Mr.. McCrea
says no committee has arranged to mset
him next Saturday. The railroaders also
deny the report, except the Cleveland and
P.tlsburg men. There is some dissatisfac
ton among the latter over the double head
or system, and paper asking discontin
uance has been extensively signed. About
S0G yardmen along the line Of the Fort
Wayne road, it is said. have asked for ten
per cent. advance to take effect January l..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
ANOTHER COUPON CAsE.-The Gaze of

ANOTHER Coupon CAsE.-The Gaze of
Mr.. John II. Siggirs, Of Richmond. agent of
yashon & Son, was heard yesterday by
Judge Bond, sitting in Baltimore in cham
bers as of the United States Court of Virgin
ia and decision was reserved. Mr.. Siggins
was arrested and fined 500 for rendering
coupons for the taxes of more than one per-
son, after their acceptance had been refused
by Treasurer Anderson. He declined to
pay the Gne, and was brought outon habeas
corpus, and pending decision Judge Bond
released him on his own recognizance. Mr..
VIM. L. Royal appeared for the petitioner,
and Attorney General Ayers for the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
CoRRUpr1NG GIRLs.-Reverend Canon

CoRRUPTING GIRLs-Reverend Canon
O'Mahoney, in speech recently delivered
in Cork, charged certain local government
officials with systematically corrupting girls
of tender age The Dublin Freeman's Jour-
nal indorses and amplifies the charges,
and demands that the guilty officials be ar
rested. The Pail, Mall Gazette in sn article
on the subject, says it has lnformf ton that
only one man, a tried and trusted agent OF
Dublin Castle, ia implicated in the matter.
Four girls were his victims, and they are
now" inmates of the Convent of the Good
Shepherd, at Cork.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

A driving wheel of locomotive that was
drawing a passenger train burst recently
near Milford, Pa. One piece whizzed passed
the freman's head and passed, screaming
like she'll from cannon, through the bag.
gage Car, the smoking car, and passenger
coach without doing injury to any person on
the train. The train was running at the
rate of forty miles an hour when the acci.
dent occurred.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.
An abattoir will be started ct Warrentor
at an early day.

An abattoir will be started ct Warrentou
at an early day.
The wife of Mr.. Roger A. Pryor, jr., died
on Monday at the residence of her father
MIR. Geo. 81. Balm, in Portsmouth.
Flour corn" or maize that makes ex-
ceilent flour has been extensively grown 10
yield is said to be large and in excess Of In
dian corn.
boy named Willie Pinder was shot and
Instantly killed in the western part of Rich
nond yesterday, by another boy named
Harry Cooper, with parlor rfls which the
Two youths were handling.
Mrs. William Widgins, an elderly lady,
residing in Petersburg, was killed shortly
before midnight Monday night by the OK
plcsion of toy cannon which two young
men were firing on the street.
John w. Bancroft. for many years 8
promin ent book publisher and Job printe.
in connection with the Norfolk Landmark
died at his residence in Norfolk yesterday
fcom complication of diseases aged IS years
]. F. Fenless postmaster ct Centrevile
Norfolk county, was tried yesterday on an
indictment in the County Court for the MUIR
der Of Louisa Johnson, colored. He was &C
Quilted on the ground that the shooting was
accidental.
About two hundred tons of Pocahontas
coke passed through Pulaski last Saturday,
consigned to the Union Steel Works, Chi
cago, ILL., On Tuesday an entire train Of
coke passed through, EN- route for Chicago
and St. Louis.
Gustave Kwith, German seaman, was
found drowned at Norfolk yesterday. He
left his vessel to 60 ashore, and nothing was
thought of his absence until his body was
discovered in the dock. 1t is thought he
committed suicide bank book showing
he had 81 900 deposited, was on his person.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Habit is cable. We weave the thread

Habit is cable. We weave the thread
of it every day, and at length we cannot
break it. Che chains of habit are generally
too small to be felt until they are too
strong to be broken. To one who murmur-
ed because he rebuked him for small mat
ter, Plato replied Custom is no small mat
ter. A custom or habit of life does fire.
quently alter the natural inclination for
good or evil" After series of years
winding up watch at certain hour it be
cones SO much of q routine as to be done iD
utter Inconsistencies meanwhile the
mind and body are engaged in something
different
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

THE OHIO republicans are very glib upon
the subject of the illiteracy of the South,
nearly half of the population of which is
colored; but they never allude to the fact
that in their own State there are no less
than one hundred and fifty thousand people
who can neither read nor write. No Won
der Ohio rolls up such large republican and
high tariff majorities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
The San Francisco Postofiice.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2S The difficulty
encountered by the commissioners who
were appointed by the President to procure
suitable site for post Office in this city
not to cost over $35O,OOO, has finally led to
instructions from the Secretary of the Tfea
sury for the commissioners to select the m os
available site and submit with it PROPOSE
ticu from the owner or owners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
PRINCE B1sMARcK's FORESTS

PRINCE BIsMARcK's FORESTS. Prince
Bismarck possesses some of the largest and
finest forests in northern Germany, and
with the exception of Prince Fursten-
berg, who is lord of scnwarzwalk. he is prob
ably the largest timber merchant in the
empire. Prince Bismarck also owns some
very extensive distileres, his annual out
put being about 555 600 gallons ofsprits.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

TIE PROVIDENCE Journal, a republican
newspaper printed right in the heart of the
WOODEN manufacturing industries, wants the
tariff taken off wool. Now that wise repub
licaus in the North, having learned by ex-
perience that protection is rather an injury
than O benefit to the country, that adopts it,
would abolish it, few i'll advised democrats
in Virginia say protective tariff is the
very thing the democrats desire. They will
soon see the error of their way.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

Levi Campbell, of Kingsbury, Me-, set q
bear trap and a bear got into it. He drag.
ged the trap good distance, until it was
caught in log. Then Levi came up and
struck the bear with an axe. The animal
turned suddenly. wrenched the trap loose,
grabbed Levi, and was in fair way to make
az end of him when his dog pitched in and
attracted the BEARS attention until Levi
could drag himself away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Broke an Ankle Zone.

CHICAGO, Dec 2S = COL John McCaul, the
opera manager, while walking down Madi-
son street last night slipped and fell, break
ing one of the small bones of the right
ankle The surgeon who set The injured
limb said it would require most careful
nursing and it would probably lay the pa
tient up for several week..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

A NoN.PoL1TIcAL meeting will be held in
Philadelphia to endorse the Presidents wise
message recommending low tariff and the
retention of the internal revenue tax on
whisky aud oleomargarine; and the WOODEN
manufacturers of New England are also
taking steps to manifest their approval OF
the same message. Wh7 Virginia demo-
Gratis should oppose the message referred TO
is q nuzzle to the most ingenious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Died from his Iniuries.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2S.-Mr John ]
Littleton, editor of the National Review
who was ehot by Joseph R. Banks last Sat
urday, died at $50 this morning. Great
hopes were entertained for his recovery until
last evening when he began to sink gradual
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Post Omce Robbed.

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. ,2S Tile post
Office cafe in Charlestown, ". Va, was blow
open between ono and three o'clock this
morning by burglars. The thieves obtained
four hundred dollars in money and eleven
hundred dollars in stamps.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

have been treated for catarrh by eminent
physicians, but nothing mas ever benefited me
like Ely's Cream Balm.-Mrs L. A. LEWIS, 1876
Chippewa street. New Orleans, La.
E1y's Cream Balm is the best medicine
for catarrh have over used.-Mrs. o. WooD,
Mexia. Texas.
find sIy's Cream Balm good for catarrh of
long standing.-M. N. Lasley, 1884 West Chest.
mt street, Louisville, Ky.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

BECAUSE there has as yet been no really
cold weather is not sufficient rea7on why
the winter must necessarily be short, for in
the winter of 1856 there was no cold weather
until after the first of January, but when the
river did freeze, it remained closed until the
middle of March.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Union Labor Party.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2S.-Ata meeting Of
representatives of the union labor party Of
Indiana, last night, it WAS decided to hold
q convention here March Z, to nominate q
State ticket It was also determined that
the party should nominate congressional
candidates in several districts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28
Burglar Sentenced.

BUFFALO, Dec. 2S.-Chas Lsavitt. no
torious burglar, was to-day sentenced to Au
burn State prison for ten years on pleading
guilty to grand larceny in the first degree
10 1874 he was tried in Toronto for murder
and sent to prison for life, but was pardoned
af,er eight gears on giving evidence against
his acaomplice, Chas. Meeker.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-28

Tom Moore began to write poems when
he was boy of fourteen. Southey wrote his
first verses when be was eleven. Keats was
q successful poet at eighteen, Leigh Hunt
G,lked in rhyme at thirteen, CHANGER at
Twelve, and Milton when he was only ten.